The School of Arts and Sciences and the College Writing Board Announce the 2008 Ossip Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Writing
01/27/09
The Ossip Awards recognize and promote fine nonfiction prose writing in the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. Cash prizes are awarded for winning entries in the categories of research writing (projects involving substantial analysis of primary sources or data) and critical writing (projects involving critical analysis of a text, artifact, problem, issue, or experience). Submissions are judged by the College Writing Board.
for Research Writing
Sharing First Prize in Research Writing
From Tears to Titters: The Shakespeare Burlesque and Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Receptions
Tricia Pil, English
Nancy Glazener, Instructor
The Faces of Berlin: Interpretations of the Communicative Architectural Facade
Kara Snitger, History of Art and Architecture
Gretchen Bender, Instructor
Honorable Mention in Research Writing
Gimme Shelter: Intersections and Divergences in British and American Housing Policy in the 20th Century and Beyond
Andrew Macurak, History
Bernard Hagerty, Instructor
for Critical Writing
Sharing First Prize in Critical Writing
Harry Panoptic: The Boy Who Saw
Paige Carlson, English Literature
Courtney Wiekle-Mills, Instructor
Transcendental Juggling: Reflections on Emerson's Handling of Contradictions in "Self-Reliance"
Andrew Porter, English Literature
Michael West, Instructor
"Sugaring o'er the Devil Himself": Hamlet, Pierre, and the Gothic Danger of False History
Catherine Tighe, English Literature
Nancy Glazener, Instructor
Nominations for 2009 Ossip Awards
Nominations for the 2009 awards will be accepted from February 1 through May 15, 2009. The 2009 competition will consider pieces written for courses taken at the University of Pittsburgh during the 2007-08 or 2008-09 academic years. Read the complete 2009 guidelines (PDF).